Hello! I tried to migrate to Apache 1.3.14 from 1.3.12 ... Heh. After recompiling apache and starting the server with the same config get 400 Bad request on any request to mod_perl back-end server. Static html and images are returned ok. Some time was spent for hunting the problem. Turn on rewriting log with level 9. RewriteEngine On RewriteLogLevel 9 RewriteLog /var/apache/simple_d/logs/rewrite.log RewriteMap ports txt:/usr/local/apache/conf/port_d.map RewriteRule ^/(.*\.s?asp)$ http://$host:${ports:%{SERVER_PORT}|8081}/$1 [P,L] Request /paper/test.asp translated to http://www.samara.ru:|8081}/paper/test.asp It seems that mod_rewrite processes nested back references not correctly. Just meets first closing brace and consider it as back reference. I saw mod_rewrite fixes in CHANGES list, but it seems to be a candidate for new fix. During this hunting I found another security hole of my config... http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/shugrendbax/200004191847.NAA4593 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proxy hijakers used my site very active, althoug in config was RewriteRule ^proxy:.* - [F] Fixed via ProxyRequests off... ---------------------------------------------- Sergey Polyakov - chief of WebZavod http://www.webzavod.ru --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]